2009–10 Livingston F.C. season

Livingston F.C.
2009–10 season
ManagerGary Bollan
StadiumAlmondvale Stadium
Scottish Third Division1st (promoted)
Challenge CupFirst round
League CupFirst round
Scottish CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Andy Halliday (12)
All:
Andy Halliday (14)

The 2009–10 season was Livingston's first season back in the Third Division. They also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Overview

Livingston went into administration on 24 July 2009 as the club was unable to pay bills of £330,000 in rent.[1] The club previously went into administration in 2004.[2] Despite a takeover the First Division club were deemed to be in breach of SFL rules and were relegated to the Scottish Third Division.[3] The club appealed the decision which led to refusal to play their new third division fixtures whilst it was heard.[4] The appeal to the SFL upheld the original decision.[5] On 7 September 2009 a further appeal to the SFA was dismissed.[6] Livingston won the Third Division by 15 points over nearest team Forfar Athletic.[7] Chairman Gordon McDougall apologised to the other clubs in the division saying that It wasn’t our choice to have players on First Division wages in the Third Division and it was distinctly unfair that a full-time club was thrust upon the others clubs in the division.[8]

Results & fixtures

[9]   Win   Draw   Loss

Friendlies

22 July 2010 Friendly Livingston 2–1 Plymouth Argyle Creamery Park
19:30 Timár 25' (o.g.)
McParland 49'		 Liv Report Summerfield 81' (pen.)

Third Division

Main article: 2009–10 Scottish Third Division
15 August 2009 Livingston 2–0 Montrose Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Halliday 18', 54' BBC Report Crighton Red card 35' Attendance: 632
Referee: Hilland
22 August 2009 Berwick Rangers 1–0 Livingston Shielfield Park
15:00 Brazil 67' BBC Report Attendance: 608
Referee: Beaton
29 August 2009 Albion Rovers 1–0 Livingston Cliftonhill
15:00 Moyes 27' (o.g.) SFL Report Attendance: 485
12 September 2009 Livingston 3–2 Elgin City Almondvale Stadium
15:00 De Vita 26'
Fox 59', 89' (pen.)		 BBC Report Crooks 73'
MacAulay 82'
Dempsie Yellow card 90' Red card		 Attendance: 757
Referee: Finnie
18 September 2009 Stranraer 0–3 Livingston Stair Park
15:00 SFL Report Halliday 3'
De Vita 13', 33'		 Attendance: 378
Referee: Boyle
26 September 2009 Livingston 2–1 Queen's Park Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Fox 43'
R. Winters 55'
Macdonald Red card 83'		 SFL Report Douglas 36' Attendance: 961
Referee: Salmond
30 September 2009 East Stirlingshire 3–1 Livingston Ochilview Park
19:30 Maguire 18', 27'
Lynch 82'		 SFL Report R. Winters 44' Attendance: 567
Referee: Clancy
10 October 2009 Forfar Athletic 0–1 Livingston Station Park
15:00 SFL Report R. Winters 13' Attendance: 613
Referee: Colvin
13 October 2009 Livingston 2–0 Annan Athletic Almondvale Stadium
19:30 D. Winters 18'
R. Winters 43'		 SFL Report Attendance: 771
Referee: Watters
17 October 2009 Livingston 1–1 Berwick Rangers Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Griffin 88' SFL Report Cameron MacDonald 71' (o.g.) Attendance: 815
Referee: Clancy
31 October 2009 Montrose 0–3 Livingston Links Park
15:00 Anderson Red card 35' SFL Report
Brown Red card 25'
De Vita 53'
Halliday 80'
Mcnulty 90'		 Attendance: 433
Referee: Madden
7 November 2009 Elgin City 1–6 Livingston Borough Briggs
15:00 Gunn 73' SFL Report Jacobs 2', 44'
D. Winters 39'
Nicolson 49' (o.g.)
Halliday 52'
Talbot 68'		 Attendance: 615
Referee: Tumilty
21 November 2009 Queen's Park 1–2 Livingston Hampden Park
15:00 Quinn 62' SFL Report Jacobs 47'
Moyes 65'		 Attendance: 620
Referee: Beaton
24 November 2009 Livingston 2–0 Albion Rovers Almondvale Stadium
19:30 Talbot 5'
Jacobs 85'		 SFL Report Attendance: 726
Referee: McDermott
5 December 2009 Livingston 3–0 Stranraer Almondvale Stadium
15:00 R. Winters 14'
Glen Mitchell 35' (o.g.)
Halliday 69'		 SFL Report Attendance: 1,267
Referee: Finnie
12 December 2009 Livingston 1–2 Forfar Athletic Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Halliday 22' SFL Report Gibson 2'
Tulloch 90'		 Referee: Brines
23 January 2010 Stranraer 1–1 Livingston Stair Park
15:00 Nicoll 12' SFL Report Fox 94' Attendance: 323
Referee: Robertson
26 January 2010 Livingston 1–0 Elgin City Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Brown 72' SFL Report Attendance: 503
Referee: Colvin
2 February 2010 Livingston 2–0 Queen's Park Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Fox 7'
Halliday 12'		 SFL Report Attendance: 680
Referee: Muir
6 February 2010 Forfar Athletic 2–2 Livingston Station Park
15:00 Campbell 63'
Tulloch 95'
Fotheringham Yellow card 90' Red card		 SFL Report R. Winters 55'
Hamilton 61'		 Attendance: 510
Referee: Law
9 February 2010 Albion Rovers 0–2 Livingston Cliftonhill
19:45 .McGrath Red card 65' SFL Report Hamilton 66' (pen.)
Tosh 91'		 Attendance: 587
Referee: Beaton
13 February 2010 Livingston 3–2 Annan Athletic Almondvale Stadium
15:00 De Vita 53'
R. Winters 74'
Halliday 78'		 SFL Report Neilson 17'
Cox 45'		 Attendance: 1,085
Referee: Mclean
20 February 2010 East Stirlingshire 0–2 Livingston Ochilview Park
19:45 Bolochoweckyi Yellow card 56' Red card SFL Report Halliday 14'
R. Winters 64'		 Attendance: 1.062
Referee: Beaton
9 March 2010 Livingston 2–0 East Stirlingshire Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Halliday 34'
R. Winters 52'		 SFL Report Attendance: 864
Referee: Madded
13 March 2010 Elgin City 0–1 Livingston Borough Briggs
15:00 SFL Report De Vita 42' Attendance: 433
Referee: Somers
16 March 2010 Annan Athletic 0–0 Livingston Galabank
19:30 SFL Report Attendance: 604
Referee: Muir
20 March 2010 Livingston 2–1 Stranraer Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Liam Fox 27'
R. Winters 29'		 SFL Report Moore 86' Attendance: 1,136
Referee: Brown
27 March 2010 Queen's Park 0–1 Livingston Hampden Park
15.00 SFL Report De Vita 80' Attendance: 714
Referee: McKendrick
3 April 2010 Annan Athletic 2–0 Livingston Galabank Stadium
15:00 Bell 4'
Storey 82'
Macdonald Yellow card 68' Red card		 SFL Report Attendance: 831
Referee: Law
6 April 2010 Livingston 1–0 Montrose Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Halliday 93' SFL Report Attendance: 748
Referee: Hilland
10 April 2010 Livingston 2–3 Forfar Athletic Almondvale Stadium
15:00 De Vita 1'
R. Winters 33'		 SFL Report Harty 13', 21'
Campbell 17'		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: MacDonald
13 April 2010 Berwick Rangers 1–1 Livingston Shielfield Park
19:45 Gray 76' SFL Report Tosh 71' (pen.) Attendance: 604
Referee: Finnie
17 April 2010 Livingston 0–0 Berwick Rangers Almondvale Stadium
15:00 SFL Report Attendance: 1,621
Referee: Law
24 April 2010 Montrose 0–5 Livingston Links Park
15:00 SFL Report Halliday 40', 53'
De Vita 50'
Watson 70'
Jacobs 83'		 Attendance: 510
Referee: Muir
27 April 2010 Livingston 2–0 Albion Rovers Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Sinclair 15'
McGowan 18' (o.g.)		 SFL Report Attendance: 628
Referee: Murray
1 May 2010 Livingston 1–0 East Stirlingshire Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Jacobs 44' SFL Report Attendance: 1,480
Referee: Colvin

Challenge Cup

Main article: 2009–10 Scottish Challenge Cup
25 July 2009 First round Queen of the South 1–0 Livingston Palmerston Park
Wilson 9' BBC Report Attendance: 1,558
Referee: Innes

League Cup

Main article: 2009–10 Scottish League Cup
1 August 2009 First round Albion Rovers 3–0 Livingston Cliftonhill
McKenzie 9' (o.g.)
Barr 48'
McCusker 89'		 BBC Report Attendance: 602
Referee: Hilland

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2009–10 Scottish Cup
24 October 2009 Second round Queen's Park 1–3 Livingston Hampden Park
15:00 Quinn 78' BBC Report De Vita 32', 83'
Fox 62' (pen.)		 Attendance: 678
Referee: McLean
9 December 2009 Third round Clyde 1–1 Livingston Broadwood Stadium
19:45 Lithgow 63' BBC Report Hamill 48' Attendance: 538
Referee: Charleston
14 December 2009 Third round replay Livingston 7–1 Clyde Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Jacobs 5'
Fox 49', 80'
Winters 50', 67'
Halliday 51', 65'		 BBC Report Lithgow 11' Attendance: 690
Referee: Charleston
20 January 2010 Fourth round Livingston 0–1 Dundee Almondvale Stadium
19:45 BBC Report Harkins 33' Attendance: 1,176
Referee: Collum

Statistics

Squad

No. Pos Nat Player Total Third Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland SCO Darren Jamieson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Scotland SCO Roddy McKenzie 38 0 32 0 4 0 1 0 1 0
GK Scotland SCO Craig McDowall 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Cameron MacDonald 31 0 26 0 4 0 0 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Chris Innes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Neil Hastings 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
DF England ENG Jason Talbot 38 2 32 2 4 0 1 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Paul Watson 29 1 25 1 3 0 0 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Jonathan Brown 19 1 16 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Ewan Moyes 7 1 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
DF Northern Ireland NIR Danny Griffin 27 1 25 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Andy Halliday 37 14 31 12 4 2 1 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO David Sinclair 35 1 30 1 3 0 1 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Anthony McParland 6 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Liam Fox 37 9 31 6 4 3 1 0 1 0
MF South Africa RSA Keaghan Jacobs 40 7 34 6 4 1 1 0 1 0
MF South Africa RSA Kyle Jacobs 17 0 14 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
MF South Africa RSA Sheldon Jacobs 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF South Africa RSA Devon Jacobs 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Chris Malone 11 0 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Joe Hamill 13 1 8 0 3 1 1 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Bobby Barr 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Mark Torrance 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Joe McKee 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Stephen Husband 8 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Steve Tosh 15 2 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Marc McNulty 9 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW France FRA Armand One 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Robbie Winters 40 13 34 11 4 2 1 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO David Winters 18 2 15 2 3 0 0 0 0 0
FW Italy ITA Raffaele De Vita 32 11 28 9 4 2 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Jim Hamilton 11 2 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Trialists 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Nation Position Name Third Division Scottish Cup League Cup Ramsden's Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
Scotland GK Darren Jamieson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland GK Roddy McKenzie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland GK Craig McDowall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Cameron MacDonald 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
Scotland DF Chris Innes 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Scotland DF Neil Hastings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
England DF Jason Talbot 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Scotland DF Paul Watson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland DF Jonathan Brown 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
Scotland DF Ewan Moyes 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
Northern Ireland DF Danny Griffin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland MF Andy Halliday 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland MF David Sinclair 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland MF Anthony McParland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Liam Fox 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
South Africa MF Keaghan Jacobs 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
South Africa MF Kyle Jacobs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Africa MF Sheldon Jacobs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Africa MF Devon Jacobs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Chris Malone 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland MF Joe Hamill 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland MF Bobby Barr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Mark Torrance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Joe McKee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Steve Tosh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW Marc McNulty 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
France FW Armand One 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW Robbie Winters 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Italy FW Raffaele De Vita 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Scotland FW Jim Hamilton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Livingston (C, P) 36 24 6 6 63 25 +38 78 Promotion to the Second Division
2 Forfar Athletic (P, O) 36 18 9 9 59 44 +15 63 Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs[a]
3 East Stirlingshire 36 19 4 13 50 46 +4 61
4 Queen's Park 36 15 6 15 42 42 0 51
5 Albion Rovers 36 13 11 12 35 35 0 50
Source: Scottish Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ The 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams will be entered into a play-off with the Second Division's 9th placed team. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2010–11 Second Division.

References

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